December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

DEBATE IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
by Sources Briefings & eJOURNAL, DSO Inc. 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

********IF YOU WISH TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS MAILING LIST, PLEASE REPLY WITH SUBJECT: "REMOVE"************ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: INFORMATION CONTACT:Cynthia Johnston 415 731-1905, pr(a)dso.com REPORT IN SOURCES BRIEFINGS STIRS HEATED DEBATE IN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY San Francisco, CA. SOURCES BRIEFINGS, a newsletter delivering raw intelligence, reported recently that CIA Inspector General Fredrick Hitz has declared open source intelligence ìa waste of time and moneyî -- and hit a raw nerve in the intelligence community. The CIA Inspector General, speaking about the CIA's role in todayís intelligence structure, admitted that he ìfeels threatened by the presence of those in private industry and in government who are pursuing intelligence in new ways. He says that private industry is actually ahead of the CIA in technologies such as satellite imaging and encryption,î according to the article in the current issue of SOURCES BRIEFINGS (www.dso.com) ìEven though Hitz says he finds the new computer encryption and information systems ëincredibly terrifying,í he dismisses open source intelligence, inside and outside of the government agencies, as merely ëa collection of newspaper storiesí on various issues...î SOURCES BRIEFINGS subscribers in the intelligence community were quick to challenge Hitzí assertions. A senior Pentagon official with access to the Secretary of Defense stated, ìMr. Hitz may have revealed more than he intended regarding the mindset that often holds the Intelligence Community (IC) hostage. Secrets can be addictive and like potato chips it is hard just to have one. It is easy to binge on them and end up without a well balanced intelligence diet. The IC gets addicted to its own secrets and [gets] fat on ëclassifiedí self-importance.î Robert Steele, CEO of Open Source Solutions Inc., joined the battle saying, ìWe are at a very important cross-roads in the history and maturity of the U.S. intelligence community... The Commission on Intelligence found that its access to open sources is ëseverely deficientí and should be a top priority... ìOpen sources are of proven value in tip-off, in guiding secret collection, in placing secret information in context, and in providing cover for secretly obtained information which must be shared with coalition partners to whom secret sources and methods cannot or should not be revealed.î An NSA officer on loan to the military said, ìThis guy's parochial, narrow-minded, elitist thinking (ëLeave it to the patrician professionals, you fumbling amateursí) perfectly embodies what is, and has for a long time, been wrong with the CIA. I suspect that one reason for this gentleman's self-admitted fear is that the CIA doesn't really have that many truly clandestine sources, and he's afraid people will learn just how much OSINT is a better value for dollars expended.î Responses to Hitzí remarks continue to pour in to SOURCES and the editors are preparing to devote space exclusively to this debate. A sample of SOURCES BRIEFINGS, as well as subscription information can be obtained online at http://www.dso.com or by calling 1-888-8-DSO-COM (1-888-8-376-266). For further information, or to set up interviews with SOURCESí seasoned investigative journalists, intelligence experts and banking specialists, please contact Cynthia Johnston at 415 731-1905 or at pr(a)dso.com. ###

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"Stock News ALERT" UNFC expect $50 million increase in revenues in 98'.
by moisoqa＠prodigy.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<HTML><PRE> REMINGTON-HALL CAPITALIZES ON RESURGENT REAL ESTATE MARKET Company expects to acquire $50 million in assets by mid-1998 DALLAS -- UNFC ), a diversified real estate investment firm formerly known as Universal Fuels Company, is quietly acquiring over $50 million in previously undervalued, undercapitalized or mismanaged commercial properties and making this new major player one of the best moderate-risk real estate investments in 1998. Founded in 1975 as Universal Fuels, the company provided uranium to the world as an alternative fuel, but as uranium became less used as a nuclear fuel source than other more economical and useful materials, Universal Fuels' stock declined almost to extinction over several years. The stock price was less than 1¢ last year. Four months ago officials from Camden-Townwest, a privately held real estate investment firm, approached Universal Fuels former management about converting Universal Fuels into a publicly traded real estate conglomerate. Camden-Townwest, founded in 1994, grew from $19,000 in cash to $3 million in assets in three years without seeking any outside capital. Since the change in management and corporate mission last October, UNFC has seen its stock value increase by over 800%. Remington-Hall is now making its move to increase assets at a tremendous rate. By mid-year management expects to acquire in excess of $50 Million in office buildings and multi-family properties at a significant discount to their market value. "We have been referred to as 'Cat Burglars of Real Estate'," said Douglas Fonteno, president & chief executive officer, "and that's a title we plan to keep." Douglas T Fonteno previously Chairman of Camden-Townwest and formerly with Merrill Lynch, is Remington-Hall's new President & Chief Executive Officer. Larry Hood, formerly Chief Operating Officer of Pizza Inn and Chief Financial Officer of Reliance Mortgage Company, is Remington-Hall's Chief Financial Officer, giving the new company immediate and substantial financial integrity. Wade Hyde, previously public relations and investor relations executive for Blockbuster Video and FoxMeyer Corporation, is Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations. Currently Remington-Hall is seeking to be listed on the Pacific Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq National Market. The company anticipates announcing over $10 million in newly acquired assets by the end of January. Name: Remington-Hall Capital Corporation ( formerly Universal Fuels) Symbol: Nasdaq: UNFC Mission: To aggressively acquire steeply undervalued real estate properties due to previous mismanagement or undercapitalization. Management: Senior executives with diverse experiences, including: Fortune 500 corporations, leading stock brokerage firms, real estate companies and national marketing. Goals: To increase assets to $10M by January 98 and $50M by mid-year Address: 1401 Elm St., Ste. 1818, Dallas, TX 75202-2925 Internet: www.remington-hall.com E-Mail: InvestorRelations(a)remington-hall.com Quote: Yahoo! Remington-Hall Except for the historical information contained on the website, the matters set forth inthese documents are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbour" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risk and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking This is not a solicitation to buy or sell securities and does not purport to give investment recommendations. The company featured in this advertorial pay for promotional services by issuing securities, options to purchase securities and/or cash. The information contained here has been carefully compiled and believed to be reliable, but its accuracy is not guaranteed. </PRE>

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17 Dec '03

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Re: RIP, Carl Gorman, Code Talker
by Gary Harland 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May responded on Sat. January 31, 1998.... >>- aside from the NSA sucking up everything in sight relating to >>languages, doesn't Chomsky's theoretical 'Universal Syntax' (all >>human languages have an identical fundamental syntax) negate the >>effectiveness of the Code-Talker approach in the long run? >> > "All crypto is economics." One doesn't have to jump to theoretical > mumbo > jumbo about a putative "identical fundamental syntax" to know that the > Navajo code talkers were not using an unbreakable system. If there is a universal syntax, you could very quickly whip up a framework for the language involved and at least be able to identify nouns, verbs, etc. Then with each commun- ication expand and specify. I don't know if that's possible and therefore don't know if it's 'theoretical mumbo-jumbo'. It doesn't sound too far-fetched but then I'm an optomistic kinda guy eh. > But what mattered is that, for the level of security needed on the > battlefield, the system was "essentially secure" against Japanese > translation. Sure, in time the Japanese could have found some experts > on > Navajo, could have trained their own code talker translators, etc. But > they > didn't have this time. (And if we posit "enough time," then the U.S. > military would have had enough time to drop the Navajo code talkers > and > replace them with Ebonics code talkers. Dat be da jive, mo fo.) We had plenty of time in Somalia to capture 'Warlord' Aidide. Not only did we fail to capture him, he rubbed it in with a daily radio program. We couldn't find the ever-moving trans- mitter let alone close it down. I well remember our top Butt Sniffer in Somalia royally pissed off on TV vowing that we'd throw everything we had into the hunt and bring him to justice. Aidide was still standing there, flipping us The Bird as we left. My impression was that the Somalies 'under-teched' us. Being dirt-poor must have made that an easy decision. But they executed it very well. The most powerful, technologically soph- isticated military machine in human history found itself groping stupidly in the dark when up against a non-tech foe. We're obviously utterlly and completely dependent on our toys. Take our batteries away and we're S.O.L. > "All crypto is economics." > > --Tim May Hmmm...There it is again. It's interesting but a bit ambiguous. ----------------------------------------------------------------- foggy(a)netisle.net lat:47d36'32" long:122d20'12" "Rather perish than hate and fear, and twice rather perish than make oneself hated and feared." -F. Nietzche- -----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Chaining ciphers
by John Kelsey 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- [ To: Cypherpunks ## Date: 01/30/98 ## Subject: Re: Chaining ciphers ] >Date: Thu, 29 Jan 98 09:47:52 PST >From: jim(a)mentat.com (Jim Gillogly) >Subject: Re: Chaining ciphers >Yes, that's definitely better for high-confidence long-term >archival stuff than relying on one cipher. Carl Ellison's >suggestion was DES | tran | nDES | tran | DES, where "tran" >is an unkeyed large-block transposition. I believe Dave Wagner broke this, and posted his attack to cypherpunks, a few months ago; if I recall correctly, his attack reduced the final security of this to that of a little more than one DES operation. (The attack worked when n=1.) This reenforces what we already knew: When you chain multiple encryption algorithms, you can prove that your result is no *weaker* than any one of those algorithms, but that doesn't mean it's any *stronger* than the strongest of them. > Jim Gillogly > Trewesday, 8 Solmath S.R. 1998, 17:22 > 12.19.4.15.18, 9 Edznab 16 Muan, Third Lord of Night - --John Kelsey, kelsey(a)counterpane.com / kelsey(a)plnet.net NEW PGP print = 5D91 6F57 2646 83F9 6D7F 9C87 886D 88AF -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNNQz8yZv+/Ry/LrBAQGuAQP/fbUH4GeY5MJ9McLcgt6siGofTd9ZskYz vl1DBVv3TNbOhdoSU4MH8OesCxckc+7vHbBHawxP/FzeDysAGrtVnjvAsyKKglAL aIVQp3qQlCpbtEgKj9z5AZZbilipnpB+/2X6BSaradfreCRUk7N6sKcigITD2HSE KREbqrftNK4= =wWQS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Zero-knowledge commit
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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by TheSluth＠kokomocowboy.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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2001 Tiger Tots
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

London Sunday Times February 1, 1998 Arthur C Clarke sex scandal hits Charles's Sri Lanka visit by Yvonne Ridley THE Prince of Wales's visit to Sri Lanka this week hit a new problem last night after Arthur C Clarke, the respected science fiction writer due to be knighted by Charles, allegedly confessed to being a paedophile. The investiture is due to take place on Wednesday during the prince's visit, which coincides with the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the island's independence. Downing Street said last night: "As far as we are concerned the investiture is still going ahead as planned." A spokesman refused to comment on the possibility of a forfeiture of the honour by the 80-year-old author of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Clarke's revelations, published in today's Sunday Mirror, are bound to embarrass Tony Blair, who named him in his first new year honours as prime minister. Last night diplomats in Colombo, the island's capital, were being asked to assess the author's tabloid confession. If the report is taken at face value the ceremony is unlikely to go ahead. Buckingham Palace advisers contacted British embassy officials in Sri Lanka this year to make discreet inquiries after rumours about Clarke's sexuality and private life. They reported that, although Clarke was known to be gay, there was no evidence of paedophilia. The British-born author of more than 80 novels, who has adopted Sri Lanka as his home, was unable to travel to Britain to receive his knighthood from the Queen because he is virtually confined to a wheelchair as a result of post-polio syndrome. In 1989 he was made a CBE for his services to British cultural interests in Sri Lanka, where he enjoys a tax-free lifestyle bestowed on him by the island because of his celebrity status. He previously met Charles at the British premiere of his Odyssey film in the 1960s, for which he received an Oscar nomination. Surrey-born Clarke was married briefly in 1953 to Marilyn Mayfield, an American who has since died. The marriage lasted about six months after a whirlwind affair. After the split Clarke moved to Sri Lanka, where he now lives in a luxurious home surrounded by state-of-the-art technology and computers that allow him to keep in touch with friends around the world. His study is lined with photographs of celebrities and admirers of his work, including the Pope, Diana, Princess of Wales, Elizabeth Taylor and the astronaut Neil Armstrong. The news also threatens to cast a shadow during the royal visit for senior officials on the island as they have always been proud of the eminent author's presence during the past 40 years. Homosexuality is regarded as an offence in Sri Lanka and carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years. Charles's planned trip was already marred last week by a terrorist attack on a temple that was to have been the scene of the independence celebrations. The bomb killed 17 people, including a suicide team who drove a truck into the old hill capital of Kandy. Buddhist leaders have called for a boycott of this week's ceremonies in protest at Charles's presence. They say Britain sympathises with the island's separatist Tamil Tiger rebels. They also claim the Tamil Tigers, who carried out the bombing, have been allowed to raise money in London for terrorist campaigns. Since the bombing some Buddhist leaders have intensified demands for a formal apology from Britain for its colonial rule. A Foreign Office spokesman said last night that he fully expected Charles's visit to Sri Lanka to go ahead despite the security fears over recent terrorist activities. A report that members of the prince's royal protection squad would not be allowed to carry guns was an "administrative point" that would be resolved before the party left, he said. "It is an island where there is a history of terrorist problems with the Tamil Tigers and, from time to time, with explosions and so forth, so not unnaturally we are looking very closely at security," the spokesman said.

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"Cathedral and Bazzar" meeting with Silicon Valley CEO's
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Resent-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 12:26:44 -0500 From: glen(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org To: 0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Cc: bostic(a)bsdi.com Subject: "Cathedral and Bazzar" meeting with Silicon Valley CEO's Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 12:26:40 -0500 Sender: glen(a)shell.ncm.com Resent-From: 0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org X-Mailing-List: <0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org> archive/latest/2692 X-Loop: 0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Precedence: list Resent-Sender: 0xdeadbeef-request(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Forwarded-by: Simon Karpen <slk(a)acm.rpi.edu> Forwarded-by: Rob Browning <rlb(a)cs.utexas.edu> From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr(a)snark.thyrsus.com> We interrupt our normal programming to inform everybody that I'm likely to be a bit preoccupied and/or out of touch for the next week. The 23 Jan Netscape announcement has borne unexpected fruit. Some of you probably know by now that Netscape is now officially crediting my research paper ("The Cathedral and the Bazaar", available on my site) with having been a fundamentally important factor in their decision to release Navigator 5.0 as freeware in source. Life continues to get more interesting. This coming week I'm flying to Netscape's headquarters in Silicon Valley to meet with Netscape's top brass and technical people. We're going to be defining Netscape's followup -- licensing terms, development strategy, freeware community outreach, spreading the free-software concept. Not only that, but arrangements are being made for me to meet with other leading Silicon Valley CEOs whose names I am not yet at liberty to reveal. The mission will to convince them that the freeware-centered, open-development strategy is the only way for them to head off total Microsoft domination. This is the big time, people -- the Internet free-software culture's breakout into commercial viability at a level even Wall Street can see is happening *now*. And I'm involved it up to my ears. *Gulp!* You'll have to excuse me for being a bit distracted just now. I've got some preparation to do... (Uh...anybody who still doesn't grok what the fuss is about should surf over to <http://www.linuxresources.com> and read the story "Linux Plays Large Role In Recent Netscape Announcement". The "read here" link leads to a copy of my paper on their site. Please read it there; my regular website host has been swamped by Web traffic and you get only one guess why...) -- Eric S. Raymond --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/ Ask me about FC98 in Anguilla!: <http://www.fc98.ai/>

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Need electron microscope
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I need access to an electron microscope, or better yet, a real chip analysis lab. This is for a serious project that would result in a scientific paper. Who can help? Thanks, -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred "I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence." Mahatma Gandhi

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